About Nanowal Village

Nanowal is a mid sized village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,428, made up of 768 males and 660 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nanowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nanowal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174101
Area (hectares)	386.83 hectares
Population	1,428
Male Population	768
Female Population	660
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nanowal compares

By the 2011 count Nanowal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 386.83 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Nanowal

Nanowal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Nanowal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nanowal from other places

Nanowal lies about 40 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Ghanauli, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Nanowal
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	4.3 km
Nearest town	Baddi	10 km
Nearest railway station	Ghanauli	11 km
District headquarters	Solan	40 km

Villages closest to Nanowal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nalagarh tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Nanowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Nanowal village had a population of 1,428. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Nanowal village has 768 males and 660 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nanowal has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Nanowal is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nanowal covers 386.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nanowal falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Nanowal is Ghanauli, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Nanowal.

Nanowal is about 40 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nanowal is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Nalagarh is about 4.3 km away. Baddi is about 10 km away. Ghanauli is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.